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No iPhone was sacrificed in the making of this image.

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I hate the future.

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Works for me.

My career has survived the transition from analog to digital!

Well, one thing that will save us is the learning curve and workflow. If my client wanted a pile of screws it would be faster to shoot it and process the image. But I'm going to mess with it anyway-another skill to add to my resumé!

It still comes down to this.

Is it cheaper and faster to shoot the image, or create it digitally? OR even buy it.

I have done many projects for clients where we have used all three.

We shoot some images, create some piece digitally or shoot parts and finish digitally, and finally buy images that would be more costly to shoot

It happens all the time . . . eventually your hardware just becomes software . . .

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The phone is damn convincing because we never really see something like that happening, there is no point of reference, but the bolts look fake to me.

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The phone is damn convincing because we never really see something like that happening, there is no point of reference, but the bolts look fake to me.

But what do you like the nuts?

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Time is a big factor to consider at this point when looking to model an object vs photographing it. That author didn't mention how many hours were spent using Blender to create the iPhone/water image.

I just recently spent a good number of hours learning Sketchup so I can build and design objects and vary their rotation. Yesterday I had to produce an image that contained a number of iPhones, iPads and Android devices all in different positions and using Sketchup allowed me to rotate them until I had the placement I wanted.

Granted it would have probably been quicker to walk over to my photography room and shoot them with the placement I wanted. Trouble is that I didn't have all the devices I need to complete the shot.

I've been looking at Blender and will probably learn it when I have the time but as said previously, I don't see software replacing photography any time soon. I think they will coexist, much the same way sampled musical instruments coexist with actual traditional instruments still to this day.

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That Portrait Professional adds a whole lot of blur to do it's job. When you view the original documents, the retouched ones are nasty in comparison.

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That Portrait Professional adds a whole lot of blur to do it's job. When you view the original documents, the retouched ones are nasty in comparison.

I have used the demo. The ads are set to max. There are lower settings that actually look good and realistic.

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That Portrait Professional adds a whole lot of blur to do it's job. When you view the original documents, the retouched ones are nasty in comparison.

I have used the demo. The ads are set to max. There are lower settings that actually look good and realistic.

I own the program and to add to your reply, all of the editing tools are sliders that can be adjusted to vary the degree of change to the original image. I think it is a great program.

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fortunately, all the software in the universe will never replace creativity.

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That Portrait Professional adds a whole lot of blur to do it's job. When you view the original documents, the retouched ones are nasty in comparison.

I have used the demo. The ads are set to max. There are lower settings that actually look good and realistic.

I own the program and to add to your reply, all of the editing tools are sliders that can be adjusted to vary the degree of change to the original image. I think it is a great program.

The best setting is 11, otherwise known as Plastic Face

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That Portrait Professional adds a whole lot of blur to do it's job. When you view the original documents, the retouched ones are nasty in comparison.

I have used the demo. The ads are set to max. There are lower settings that actually look good and realistic.

I own the program and to add to your reply, all of the editing tools are sliders that can be adjusted to vary the degree of change to the original image. I think it is a great program.

The best setting is 11, otherwise known as Plastic Face

So it goes up to 11?! I thought that would melt your face.

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That Portrait Professional adds a whole lot of blur to do it's job. When you view the original documents, the retouched ones are nasty in comparison.

I have used the demo. The ads are set to max. There are lower settings that actually look good and realistic.

I own the program and to add to your reply, all of the editing tools are sliders that can be adjusted to vary the degree of change to the original image. I think it is a great program.

The best setting is 11, otherwise known as Plastic Face

That's why I want to learn Blender:

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That Portrait Professional adds a whole lot of blur to do it's job. When you view the original documents, the retouched ones are nasty in comparison.

I also tried the demo. I had no issuse with the quality of the output, it just seemed like they took PS tools and renamed them. I don;t see PP saving any time.